The Valleys of the Assassinsby Freya Stark
First published in 1934, Freya Stark's classic tale of her travels
through Persia has been reprinted once again and is just as much a gem
now as when first published. At the age of 37, Stark shocked her fellow
Brits by moving to Baghdad, befriending the locals, studying Arabic and
the Koran, and then setting out on expeditions to remote and uncharted
areas of the Islamic world by foot, donkey, camel, and car. --Lesley
Reed - Amazon.comListed under Travels in Arabia